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Winnipeg, Manitoba (NHN)-Mark Schiefele scored twice and Connor Hellebuyck stopped 21 shots as the Winnipeg Jets downed the Dallas Stars by a 5-1 score Tuesday night.

Winnipeg now sits atop the Central Division standings with an 8-3-1 record.

The Jets swept a three-game homestand and have won six of their last seven games, their only blemish an overtime loss to the Vegas Golden Knights on their last road trip.

“We’re just comfortable playing our game. We’re not sitting back on our heels, we’re playing on our toes, we’re making it hard on teams to make plays and make continuous passes. That comes with playing fast and having good sticks and trusting your teammates. I think we’ve done a really good job with that," said Scheifele.

Scheifele was a part of a second period offensive explosion for the Jets, who broke the game open with three tallies in a 2:45 minute span.

The Jets fired four goals in the second stanza after a scoreless first period.

Mason Appleton had a goal and two assists for Winnipeg.

Pierre-Luc Dubois and Saku Maenalanen also scored for the Jets.

Kyle Connor had three assists for the Jets.

Connor Hellebuyck made 21 saves for Winnipeg.

Jason Robertson scored for the Stars, who finished a three-game road trip with a loss.

Scott Wedgewood turned aside 28 shots as Dallas, who dropped to 8-4-1.

There was no scoring in the first period.

Jason Robertson broke the stalemate just over three minutes into the second when he snagged a loose puck off of Neal Pionk's skate in the slot and beat Hellebuyck with a blocker side wrister to make it 1-0 Stars.

The goal was his 9th of the season.

Mark Scheifele replied 21 seconds later when he finished off a nifty three-way passing play off the rush, burying a cross-crease Mason Appleton feed to get the Jets on the board.

Pierre-Luc Dubois gave Winnipeg the lead at 4:37 when he found himself in front of a wide open net after Dallas goaltender Scott Wedgewood had a miscue behind the Dallas goal.

Blake Wheeler got his stick on the puck and got the puck to Cole Perfetti who relayed it to a wide open Dubois.

Dubois lifted a backhand shot into the net to make it 2-1 Jets.

The goal was his 6th of the season.

Scheifele potted his second of the night at 6:12.

Kyle Connor got control of the puck behind the Stars goal and worked himself into the high slot before curling hard toward the left boards and accelerated before hitting Scheifele with a cross crease feed which he tapped past Wedgewood to make it 3-1 Jets.

The goal was his 8th of the season.

Saku Maenalanen got his stick on a Neal Pionk shot late in the second period to give the Jets a 4-1 lead at 18:14.

The goal was his first as a Winnipeg Jet.

Mason Appleton scored an empty netter with just under three minutes left in regulation to seal the win for the Jets.

The game was an early season first place showdown.

But that mattered little to Appleton.

“It’s big time. When I was traded back here at the end of last year, there was a couple of meaningless hockey games, you were just playing for your pride. Those games aren’t near as fun as playing for first place, no matter if that is Game 12 or Game 75. We love where our game is at right now, and to be in first place feels damn good," he said.

Jets Head Coach Rick Bowness says his club is starting to see the fruits of their labours.

“I see a more confident team. They understand if they play the right way and do these things that we keep preaching, we’re going to have success. We are going to cut down on the chances against, the shots against and we are going to have a lot more fun when we get the puck. I think that they are starting to see it. They should see it. They’re playing like they see it. The confidence is there right now," said Bowness.

Stars Head Coach Pete DeBoer said his club just wasn't good enough.

"I thought we had a really poor first period. I thought we kind of regrouped at the beginning of the second, scored the first goal, started to play and then you know just some poor decisions and some poor execution for five or six minutes and we lost all of our momentum and you know the game was essentially over at that point."

Dallas returns home to host San Jose Friday while Winnipeg visits Calgary on Saturday.

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NOTES-Winnipeg gave up only one man advantage on the night, a third period tripping penalty by Kyle Connor.

The Jets four goal second period outburst was a season high.

Winnipeg has not allowed a third period goal for six straight games.

Winnipeg, Manitoba (NHN)-Connor Hellebuyck stopped all 30 shots he faced to earn his second shutout of the season as the Winnipeg Jets blanked the Chicago Blackhawks by a 4-0 score Saturday afternoon.

A three goal second period was all the offence Winnipeg would need as they won the first two games of a three-game homestand.

The Jets have won 5 of their last 6 games, their only blemish a 2-1 overtime loss to the Vegas Golden Knights.

Josh Morrissey and Pierre-Luc Dubois each had a goal and an assist while Adam Lowry and Nate Schmidt also scored for the Jets.

Connor Hellebuyck made 30 saves for Winnipeg, who moved to 7-3-1.

The Jets special teams were key as they went 3-for-5 on the power play and potted a shorthanded goal in the second period while going 3-for-3 on the penalty kill.

Arvid Sodberblom and Dylan Wells combined to make 33 saves for Chicago, who dropped to 5-5-2.

There was no scoring in the first period.

Josh Morrissey gave Winnipeg the lead halfway through the second on the power play when he one timed a Mark Scheifele feed from the half wall past Chicago goaltender Arvid Sodberblom, beating him with a low shot from the center of the blue line at 10:04.

The goal was his 1st of the season.

Adam Lowry scored on a shorthanded breakaway 13:33 into the second period.

With Sam Gagner off for hooking, Lowry broke in alone on Soderstrom and snapped a wrister past the Chicago goaltender, beating him glove side to give the Jets a 2-0 lead.

Pierre-Luc Dubois' goal seven seconds into a power play put the Jets up 3-0 when he converted a cross ice feed from Kyle Connor and snapped the disc past Soderblom, beating him glove side, just inside the post at 17:55.

Chicago Head Coach Luke Richardson had seen enough and replaced Soderstrom with rookie Dylan Wells to start the third period.

Nate Schmidt scored on the power play just under the five minute mark when he took a cross ice feed from Cole Perfetti and beat Wells just under the cross bar to make it 4-0 Jets.

The goal was his 2nd of the season.

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Winnipeg, Manitoba (NHN)-Kyle Connor's goal 1:45 into overtime lifted the Winnipeg Jets to a 3-2 win over the visiting Montreal Canadiens Thursday night.

The goal snapped an eight game scoring drought for the Jet winger, who hadn't scored since potting an empty netter in the season opener against the New York Rangers.

The Jet winger took a Mark Scheifele drop pass at the top of the circle before moving in and snapping a low glove side wrister past Canadiens goaltender Sam Montembeault.

"I think I tried him high-glove like seven times today, so changed it up there," said Connor, who had several chances to end the scoring drought, including a wide open net.

The goal was his second of the season.

Connor also had an assist on the night.

Pierre-Luc Dubois had a goal and an assist for Winnipeg.

Blake Wheeler had the other Jet goal.

Connor Hellebuyck turned aside 20 shots for the Jets, who kicked off a three-game homestand with a win to move to 6-3-1. Winnipeg has won three of their last four.

Nick Suzuki had a goal and an assist for the Canadiens.

Kirby Dach also scored for Montreal, who finished off a four-game road trip with a 2-1-1 record.

Sam Montembeault made 33 saves for the Canadiens, who dropped to 5-5-1.

Nick Suzuki scored 6:43 into the first to get Montreal on the board.

Cole Caufield took the puck off the boards by the Jets blue line before sliding the disc through his legs to a busting Suzuki, who broke hard to the outside on his backhand leaving Jet defenceman Dylan DeMelo in his wake before cutting for the net and lifting the puck past Connor Hellebuyck's outstretched blocker.

The goal was his 6th of the season.

Pierre-Luc Dubois tied the contest at 17:28 on the power play.

With Rem Pitlick off for hooking Dubois took a relayed pass from Kyle Connor before moving in from the left point wiring a wrister just inside the right post to knot the game at 1.

The goal was his 4th of the season.

Kirby Dach staked the Canadiens to a 2-1 lead just under five minutes into the second when he snagged a rebound off a Nick Suzuki shot and snapped it into a wide open goal at 4:54.

The goal was his 2nd of the season.

Blake Wheeler replied for the Jets 41 seconds later, sliding a loose puck in the crease past Montembeault to tie the contest at 2 after the Canadiens goaltender let the puck through his pads off a heavy slap shot from Pierre-Luc Dubois at 5:35.

The goal was his 3rd of the season and 299th of his career.

Wheeler appeared to bump the Montreal goalkeeper out of the way before backhanding the puck into the net.

The goal was challenged by the Canadiens for goaltender interference, but was ruled a good goal.

There was no scoring in the third period and the game went to overtime.

Canadiens Head Coach Martin St. Louis was happy with his teams' effort to close out their four game road trip.

"“Yeah, probably the flow of… it was a pretty even game. Considering all the kills we had to execute, I was happy to be in that situation in the third, being tied going into the third and getting an opportunity on the power play in the third, and I thought we got some good looks. Unfortunately we just get the extra point. But overall, pretty pleased," he said.

Jets Head Coach Rick Bowness had nothing but praise for Connor.

"It’s nice to see it go in, obviously. There is perseverance. Just stay with it. Again, the chances are Grade A’s. There are times you want the right guy to get the puck at the right time, in the right spot, and it was coming to him a lot tonight. It was one of those, it wasn’t going in, and he couldn’t pick a better time to score. It was a goal scorer’s goal - off the far post and in. That’s perseverance. Just stay with it. Again, we had that discussion, if you’re not getting opportunities - and that’s when you have to look at what you’re doing wrong - he’s not doing anything wrong. The puck just isn’t going in. That kid tonight made a lot of huge saves. Give their goalie a lot of credit tonight."

Montreal returns home to host Vegas on Saturday while Winnipeg continues their three-game homestand against Chicago.

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Las Vegas, NV (NHN)-Jack Eichel's goal with six seconds remaining in overtime clinched a 2-1 win over the visiting Winnipeg Jets Sunday night.

The game winning tally came when Eichel floated around the Winnipeg end twice before cutting for the net and beat Hellebuyck with a forehand deke before tucking the puck past him.

The Winnipeg goaltender played a strong game, making 47 saves for the Jets, who wrapped up a three game road trip with a 2-0-1 record.

The loss snapped a three game winning streak for the Jets.

Vegas dominated the game through two periods, outshooting the Jets 33-8.

Winnipeg dropped to 5-3-1 on the season.

Adin Hill stopped 24 shots for the Golden Knights, who moved to 8-2-0.

There was no scoring in the first two periods.

Adam Lowry opened the scoring 14 seconds into the third, snapping a rebound past Hill off a Neal Pionk slapshot to put the Jets up 1-0.

The goal was his 2nd of the season.

Mark Stone tied the game at 7:13 after batting his own rebound past Hellebuyck.

The goal was his 3rd of the season.

Nicolas Roy nearly won it with 26 seconds left but was stymied by Hellebucyk.

Eichel scored 4:54 into overtime to clinch the win for the Golden Knights.

Vegas travels to Washington to face the Capitals Tuesday while Winnipeg hosts Montreal Thursday.

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Winnipeg, Manitoba (NHN)-Cole Maier scored twice and Arvid Holm made 33 saves as the Manitoba Moose downed the Iowa Wild by a () score Sunday afternoon.

Leon Gawanke had a goal and and assist for Manitoba.

Wyatt Bongiocanni also scored for the Moose, who rebounded from a 5-2 loss to the Wild on Saturday.

Arvid Holm made 33 saves for Manitoba, who moved to 5-1-1-0 on the season.

Mike O'Leary had the lone goal for the Wild on the afternoon.

Zane McIntyre turned aside 26 shots for Iowa, who dropped to 1-3-0-2.

Iowa got an early lead when Mike O'Leary slid the puck between Arvid Holm's pads off a faceoff at 4:24.

The goal was his first of the season.

Cole Maier tied the contest with 41 seconds left in the opening stanza when he worked his way from behind the Iowa goal before turning and unleashing a wrister, beating McIntyre glove side to make it 1-1.

Leon Gawanke put the Moose ahead at 7:57 of the second period on the power play.

With Mike O'Leary off for holding, Gawanke took a feed from Jansen Harkins before stepping into a shot from the top of the circle, beating McIntyre high glove side at 7:57.

Cole Maier gave the Moose a two-goal cushion just 15 seconds later when he scooped up a rebound off a point shot from Ashton Sautner and slid the disc past McIntyre to make it 3-1 at 8:12 of the second period.

The goal was his 2nd of the season.

Wyatt Bongiovanni extended the Manitoba lead on the power play at 7:49 of the third when he took a pass from Declan Chisolm along the left side boards before moving in to the top of the face off circle before wiring a wrister past McIntyre, beating him blocker side to make it 4-1.

The goal was his 2nd of the season.

Iowa returns home to host Grand Rapids Thursday while Manitoba hosts Texas on Friday.

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Winnipeg, Manitoba (NHN)-Sammy Walker scored a pair of second power play goals to pace the Iowa Wild to a 5-2 win over the Manitoba Moose Saturday afternoon.

The win was their first of the season.

Nick Swaney, Steven Fogarty and Adam Beckett scored the other Wild goals.

Joe Hicketts had a pair of assists.

Zane McIntyre turned aside 33 shots for Iowa, who won their first game of the season (1-2-0-2).

Kevin Stenlund, Jansen Harkins scored for the Moose.

Oskari Salminen made 15 saves for Manitoba, who saw their four game winning streak snapped as they dropped to 4-1-1.

Nick Swaney got Iowa on the board 4:52 into the contest when he broke in alone on Moose goaltender Oskari Salminen and handcuffed him with a high shot which Salminen managed to get a piece of.

The goal was his 3rd of the season.

Kevin Stenlund tied the contest on the power play when he caught the rebound off a shot off the cross bar and shot the puck into a wide open net at 7:33.

With Manitoba enjoying a two-man advantage Ville Hienola cranked a shot off the cross bar with the puck ending up right on Kevin Stenlund's stick.

Stenlund shot the puck into a wide open net to make it 1-1.

The Wild took the lead 5:21 into the second when defenceman Joe Hicketts found Steven Fogarty and hit him with a centering pass from the right faceoff circle. Fogarty got his stick down and redirected the disc past Salminen to make it 2-1 Iowa.

The goal was his 1st of the season.

With Jansen Harkins off for slashing, the Wild took a two-goal lead at 9:31 of the second when Adam Beckman hit Sammy Walker in the high slot with a crisp pass and the Iowa forward made no mistake, drifting a high wrister past Salminen, beating the Manitoba goaltender glove side to make it 3-1.

The goal was his 3rd of the season.

The Wild power play struck again at 13:55 when Sammy Walker tipped a puck off a Mitchell Chaffee shot from the top of the faceoff circle past Salminen to make it 4-1.

Jansen Harkins cut the Iowa lead in half 6:20 into the third when he took advantage of a Daemon Hunt miscue behind the Iowa net.

Hunt lost control of the puck and Harkins simply took a stride and tucked the disc between McIntryre's pads to make it 4-2.

The goal was his 5th of the season.

Adam Beckman added an empty netter to seal the win for the Wild.

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Los Angeles, California (NHN)-Axel Jonsson-Fjallby's redirection off a Brenden Dillon point shot 14:23 into the third period proved to be the game winner as the Winnipeg Jets kicked off a three-game road trip with a 6-4 win over the Los Angeles Kings Thursday night.

The Jets lead early as Mark Scheifele scored on their first shot of the game just over five minutes into the contest.

Los Angeles scored three straight goals to lead 3-2 after the first period.

Winnipeg scored the next three to take control of the game.

The Jets had a pair of power play goals.

Adam Lowry had a goal and an assist for Winnipeg.

Mark Scheifele, Pierre-Luc Dubois, Nate Schmidt and Blake Wheeler scored for the Jets.

Morgan Barron had a pair of assists.

Connor Hellebuyck made 40 saves for Winnipeg, who moved to 4-3-0.

Trevor Moore had a goal and an assist to pace Los Angeles.

Arthur Kaliyev, Blake Lizotte, Gabriel Vilardi scored for the Kings.

Jonathan Quick turned aside 13 shots for Los Angeles, who dropped to 4-5-0.

Mark Scheifele opened the scoring just over five minutes into the game when he blocked a Philip Danault pass high in the Jets end before breaking in alone on Jonathan Quick, beating him with a high glove side wrister to give the Jets a 1-0 lead.

The goal was his 5th of the season.

Los Angeles took the lead with a pair of goals in just over two minutes.

Arthur Kaliyev replied for the Kings at 9:47 on the power play when he took a pass just inside the Winnipeg blue line before breaking in and snapping a low wrist shot past Hellebuyck to tie the game at one.

The goal was his 2nd of the season.

Blake Lizotte stuffed a puck past Hellebucyk when the Jets goaltender failed to seal off his right post to make it 2-1.

Gabriel Vilardi gave the Kings a two-goal lead at 14:33 when Jets defenceman Dylan Samberg put the puck right on Villardi's stick when he was attempting to clear the zone.

Vilardi simply pivoted and slid the puck between Hellebuyck's pads from the left face off circle to make it 3-1.

The goal was his 6th of the season.

Adam Lowry scored shorthanded late in the first period when David Gustafsson sent him in alone on Quick and he made no mistake, sliding the disc between his legs with a backhand to pull the Jets to within a goal.

The goal was his 1st of the season.

Pierre-Luc Dubois tied the contest on the power play at 16:04.

With Blake Lizotte off for slashing, Kyle Connor took a Josh Morrissey cross ice feed at the top of the faceoff circle before faking a shot which drew Kings defenceman Sean Duzi in.

Connor slid the puck to Dubois, who was at the side of the net and the Jet centre moved around Quick and beat him with a wrister just inside the right post.

The goal was his 3rd of the season.

Nate Schmidt gave the Jets the lead late in the second period when Adam Lowry hit him with a crisp pass from the left corner.

Schmidt moved to the center of the ice from the blue line before snapping the disc past Quick from forty feet out to make it 4-3.

The goal was his 1st of the season and broke a 31 game drought for the Winnipeg defenceman.

Trevor Moore tied the game 4:45 into the third when Philip Danault stripped Jets forward Blake Wheeler of the puck as he was attempting to skate the disc out of the Jets zone.

Danault sent Moore in on a breakaway and he made no mistake, snapping the disc past the Winnipeg goaltender, beating him low blocker side to make it 4-4.

Axel Jonsson-Fjallby gave the Jets the lead at 14:23, tipping a Brenden Dillon shot past Quick to make it 5-4.

The goal was his 1st of the season.

Blake Wheeler added an empty netter with 40.8 seconds left to seal the win for the Jets.

Winnipeg travels to Arizona to face the Coyotes Friday while Los Angeles hosts Toronto to wrap up a three-game homestand.

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Winnipeg, Manitoba (NHN)-John Tavares scored a pair of power play goals to pace the Toronto Maple Leafs to a 4-1 win over the Winnipeg Jets Saturday night.

The win spoiled Winnipeg Jets Head Coach Rick Bowness' regular season debut and in front of a sell out crowd in Winnipeg, something that hasn't happened since March 9th, 2020.

The Maple Leafs have won four of their last five outings.

David Kampf and Michael Bunting had the other Toronto goals.

Auston Matthews had three assists for the Maple Leafs.

Ilya Samsonov made 31 saves for Toronto, who moved to 4-2-0.

Pierre-Luc Dubois scored the Jets lone goal on the night.

Connor Hellebuyck turned aside 24 shots for Winnipeg, who dropped to 2-3-0.

Pierre-Luc Dubois scored 4:17 into the contest when he went after his own rebound and slid the puck past Samsonov.

Cole Perfetti hit Dubois with a crisp cross ice feed which he stepped into before potting his second goal of the season.

With Josh Morrissey off for interference John Tavares tied it up at 9:36 off a slick backhand feed from William Nylander, beating Connor Hellebuyck with a high shot just past the cross bar to make it 1-1.

The goal was his 2nd of the season.

David Kampf gave the Maple Leafs the lead at 14:34 off a slick backhand feed from Wayne Simmonds who hit Kampf in the slot with a through the legs pass.

Kampf slid a low shot past Hellebuyck after driving the net to make it 2-1 Maple Leafs.

“Cliffy made a great play coming through the neutral zone and I think me and Appleton ran into each other. I just slipped the puck to the middle. I just grabbed it and saw somebody coming behind, so I just grabbed it and tried to throw it there as quick as possible and Kampfer just had a great shot," said Simmonds.

Maple Leafs Head Coach Sheldon Keefe wasn't surprised at all with Simmond's play.

"Well I mean you know Wayne's a guy that's made a lot of plays in this league. So you know every now and again he pulls it out so it was good to see."

Tavares gave Toronto a two-goal cushion late in the second period on the power play when he tipped an Auston Matthews point shot past Hellebuyck to make it 3-1 at 18:56.

The goal was his 3rd of the season.

“I’m just trying to be myself, I think," said Tavares.

"Be productive and consistently continue to evolve my game over my career. And obviously, finding some pretty good players, and we’ve got a good team. Continuing to read off of them, using my skill set to continue trying to make them better and then make plays and contribute when those opportunities come, which they obviously do. Be good without the puck in your own end, which usually leads to good things."

Dubois, who scored the Jets lone goal on the night and has a pair in his last two contests said scoring doesn't matter a whole lot, wins do.

"It’d be nice if we could get a win out of those two games at least. I mean, at the end of the year if I score 50 and we don’t win, it doesn’t mean much to me. If me not scoring means we win, I’ll take that," said Dubois.

Jets Head Coach Rick Bowness said the difference in the game was special teams.

“The difference in the game was clearly specialty teams. We hit a couple of goal posts. And theirs went in. We had some good looks and just didn’t capitalize on them. It comes down to when they score two power play goals and we didn’t score any. We had some really good looks but they just didn’t go in," he said.

Michael Bunting added an empty netter with 2:37 remaining in regulation to clinch the win for Toronto.

Toronto visits Vegas on Monday while the Jets host St. Louis to wrap up a two-game homestand.

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NOTES-Jets F Nikolaj Ehlers was placed on injured reserve with an undisclosed ailment. C Pierre-Luc Dubois also hit a pair of goal posts on the night.

Leafs veteran forwards Kyle Clifford and Wayne Simmonds won their coach's praise on the night as Keefe commented that he was hoping the pair wouldn't be picked up on waivers when Toronto tried to sneak them through.